E/CN.4/1992/17 page 39 116. The Special Rapporteur also drew the Government's attention to the cases of Mr. Hendrik, a student at the University of Pakuan, in Bogor (West Java), Mr. Edi Murtono, a student at the University of Pancasila (Jakarta) and Mrs. Sandra Iskandar, a student at the Sekolah Teknik Tinggi Nasional (Jakarta). All three were reportedly arrested on 7 October 1990 by Indonesian Air Force soldiers during a farmers' demonstration in Majabengka in West Java and were allegedly subsequently tortured. It was claimed that Mr. Hendrik was admitted to the local hospital in Majabengka as a result of injuries sustained during his detention. 117. By letter dated 27 September 1991 the Government transmitted information with respect to some of the above-mentioned cases. It indicated, in particular, that Laurenco Pereira, José Manuel da Silva, Agostinho Pereira Martins, Cipriano Amaral, Sergio Fontura Guterres and Olandino Guterres had neither been detained nor subjected to torture. As for Abilio Mesquita, Constancio Concei Pinto, Francisco Maria, Clementino Maria, Guilherma Pereira, Antonio Pereira Lopez, Domingus Pereira, José Francisco Magali, Adao da Purificacao and Acacio de Araujo, the Government indicated that they had indeed been arrested and questioned for their involvement in various unlawful activities, but all of them had subsequently been released. Finally, with regard to Bai Beta, Donaciano Costa Gómez and José Antonio Galucho the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that Bai Beta had returned to his home village on 31 March 1990, Donaciano Costa had been repatriated to Portugal and José Antonio Galucho had been arrested on 13 November 1990 for criminal activities and money laundering and sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Islamic Republic of Iran Urgent appeals and Government replies 118. On 20 December 1990 the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran sent a letter to the Special Rapporteur in reply to his urgent appeal dated 20 July 1990 (E/CN.4/1991/17, para. 87) concerning the situation of several ministers or associates of former Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan. The Government informed the Special Rapporteur that several of the persons mentioned in the appeal had been released on 10 December 1990. Those released were Reza Sadr, Ezatollah Sahabi, Farhad Behbahani, Abbas Ghaem Al Sabahi, Mahmoud Naimpoor, Nour Ali Tabandeh and Hossein Shah Hosseini. It was further affirmed that under article 38 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran any kind of torture or ill-treatment was strictly prohibited by law. 119. On 23 January 1991 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran transmitting further information he had received on the cases of Abdolali Bazargan and Mohammad Tavassoli Hojati, mentioned, among other persons, in his telegram dated 20 July 1990 (E/CN.4/1991/17, para. 87). According to that information, Abdolali Bazargan had been moved from Evin prison to a detention centre in Tehran for further interrogation, allegedly in order to force him into giving a televised confession. It was also reported that since his arrest in June 1990 he had received only one visit from his family, and that he had been beaten during the early stages of his detention. Regarding Mohammad Tavassoli Hojati, it was reported that he had been under continuing pressure to give a similar